http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3h4nc658 No online items Inventory of the Joint Stock Theatre Group Archives D-035 University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections 2004 1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California 100 North West Quad Davis, CA 95616-5292 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/archives-and-special-collections Inventory of the Joint Stock D-035 1 Theatre Group Archives D-035 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections Title: Joint Stock Theatre Group Archives Creator: Joint Stock Theatre Group Identifier/Call Number: D-035 Physical Description: 26.6 linear feet Date (inclusive): 1973-1991 Abstract: A British experimental theatre group founded in 1974 by Max Stafford-Clark, David Hare, and David Aukin, the Joint Stock Theatre Group was dedicated to developing new writing for the theatre. Workshops set up by William Gaskill and Max Stafford-Clark resulted in a unique working method which placed actors and director in collaboration with the playwright. The Archives contain business correspondence, financial records, legal documents, photographs, production files, promotional materials, and scripts (published and original prompt copies) of several plays. Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite. History A British experimental theatre group founded in 1974 by Max Stafford-Clark, David Hare, and David Aukin, the Joint Stock Theatre Group was dedicated to developing new writing for the theatre. Workshops set up by William Gaskill and Max Stafford-Clark resulted in a unique working method which placed actors and director in collaboration with the playwright. In January of 1974, the Joint Stock Theatre Group presented its inaugural production, The Speakers,adapted by William Gaskill and Max Stafford-Clark from a book by Heathcote Williams. Major productions which followed included Cloud Nine, Epsom Downs, Fanshen, Fen, The Great Celestial Cow, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist,and Sanctuary.The last of Joint Stock's productions, A Child in the Heartand Promised Landwere offered during the 1988-1989 season. A revenue client of the Arts Council of Great Britain since 1974, Joint Stock relied heavily on government subsidy to remain financially solvent. Its demise was imminent when, due to general economic woes and changing government policy towards the arts, the company was dropped from the client list. Because the "Joint Stock Method" required an inordinate amount of time to mount a production thus limiting the number of productions annually, and because the company presented mainly new, unproven plays, Joint Stock could not survive financially without Arts Council support. In June of 1991, the Joint Stock Theatre Group Board of Directors gave instructions that the Companies House be informed that the company had ceased to exist and should be struck from the Register of Companies Scope and Content of Collection Organized into eight series: 1. Financial Records, 2. Photographs, 3. Production Files, 4. Scripts, 5. Clippings, 6. Promotional Materials, 7. Company Business, 8. Sound recordings. Access Collection is open for research. Processing Information Arranged and described by Levi Damon Phillips in October 1993. EAD finding aid created by Sara Gunasekara in March 2004. EAD finding aid updated by Liz Phillips in October 2020. Acquisition Information Acquired in 1992 from the company's executor, Carl Proctor. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Joint Stock Theatre Group Archives, D-035, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis. Publication Rights All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher. Subjects and Indexing Terms English drama -- 20th century Experimental theater -- Great Britain Joint Stock Theatre Group -- Archives Inventory of the Joint Stock D-035 2 Theatre Group Archives D-035 Stafford-Clark, Max Hare, David, 1947- Gaskill, William Financial Records Series 1 1973-1990 Physical Description: 9.8 linear feet Scope and Contents note Banking records (bank statements, correspondence, canceled checks, check stubs, deposit account books, deposit slips); budgets; income records (account ledgers, balance sheets, box office returns, fundraising, grants income and expenditure accounts, income ledgers, quarterly returns); expenditure records (bills paid, invoices, paid invoices, receipts and bills, remittance advices, sales invoice books); tax records (income taxes, national insurance contributions and deductions, value added tax invoices); production accounts; reports (reports of the directors; reports to the directors); working notes. Items such as clippings, legal documents, programs, and weekly gig lists that were included with the financial records have been retained with them. Arranged chronologically. Box 10, Folder 1 1973 Scope and Contents Accounts: Freehold Theatre Company Limited Box 10, Folder 1 1973 Scope and Contents Accounts: International Fringe Limited Box 10, Folder 1 1973 Scope and Contents Accounts: The Open Theatre Box 3, Folder 17 1973-1974 Scope and Contents Balance sheet: Draft Balance Sheet Box 4, Folder 1 1973-1974 Scope and Contents Banking: correspondence Box 3, Folder 18 1974 Scope and Contents Balance sheet; income and expenditure account Box 3, Folder 19 1974 Scope and Contents Balance sheet; income and expenditure account Box 6, Folder 37 1974 Scope and Contents Accountants: Rhodes and Rhodes Inventory of the Joint Stock D-035 3 Theatre Group Archives D-035 Financial Records Series 11973-1990 Box 3, Folder 20 1974-1975 Scope and Contents Balance sheet; income and expenditure account Box 10, Folder 1 Fourth Day Like Four Long Months of Absence, Colin Bennett 1974-1975 Scope and Contents Production Memo Box 6, Folder 48 1974-1976 Scope and Contents Salaries Book No. 1 Box 6, Folder 4 1974-1980 Scope and Contents National insurance Box 3, Folder 21 1975 Scope and Contents Balance sheet; income and expenditure account Box 3, Folder 22 1975 Scope and Contents Balance sheet; income and expenditure account Box 3, Folder 23 1975 Scope and Contents Balance sheet; income and expenditure account Box 4, Folder 2 1975 Scope and Contents Banking: correspondence Box 6, Folder 38 1975 Scope and Contents Accountants: Rhodes and Rhodes Box 3, Folder 24 1975-1976 Scope and Contents Balance sheet; income and expenditure account Box 6, Folder 3 1975-1988 Scope and Contents National insurance Box 1, Folder 1 1976 Scope and Contents Petty cash: office Box 3, Folder 25 The Speakers, William Gaskill and Max Stafford-Clark 1976 Scope and Contents Accounts: European tour to Yugoslavia, Germany, and Erie Inventory of the Joint Stock D-035 4 Theatre Group Archives D-035 Financial Records Series 11973-1990 Box 3, Folder 26 1976 Scope and Contents Balance sheet and expenditure account Box 3, Folder 27 1976 Scope and Contents Accounts Box 3, Folder 28 1976 Scope and Contents Balance sheet; income and expenditure account Box 4, Folder 3 1976 Scope and Contents Banking: correspondence Box 4, Folder 4 1976 Scope and Contents Banking: correspondence Box 6, Folder 39 1976 Scope and Contents Accountants: Rhodes and Rhodes Box 10, Folder 1 The Speakers, William Gaskill and Max Stafford-Clark 1976 Scope and Contents Accounts Box 4, Folder 22 1976-1977 Scope and Contents Bank statements Box 6, Folder 49 1976-1977 Scope and Contents Wages book Box 10, Folder 1 Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Caryl Churchill 1976-1977 Scope and Contents Accounts Box 10, Folder 1 Devil's Island, Tony Bicat 1976-1977 Scope and Contents Accounts Box 3, Folder 29 1977 Scope and Contents Accounts Box 3, Folder 30 1977 Scope and Contents Accounts Inventory of the Joint Stock D-035 5 Theatre Group Archives D-035 Financial Records Series 11973-1990 Box 3, Folder 31 1977 Scope and Contents Accounts Box 3, Folder 32 1977 Scope and Contents Accounts Box 4, Folder 5 1977 Scope and Contents Banking: correspondence Box 6, Folder 40 1977 Scope and Contents Accountants: Rhodes and Rhodes Box 6, Folder 50 1977 Scope and Contents Wages book Box 7, Folder 15 Fanshen, David Hare 1977 Scope and Contents Working notes: schedule (touring in Britain) Box 7, Folder 15 A Mad World, My Masters, Barrie Keeffe 1977 Scope and Contents Working notes: schedule (touring in Britain) Box 7, Folder 16 Fanshen, David Hare 1977 Scope and Contents Legal documents, clippings, correspondence, cover letter, program (touring in Britain) Box 7, Folder 17 Fanshen, David Hare 1977 Scope and Contents Legal documents, cover letter, and remittance advice (touring in Britain Box 7, Folder 18 Fanshen, David Hare 1977 Scope and Contents Legal documents and correspondence (touring in Britain) Box 7, Folder 18 A Mad World, My Masters, Barrie Keeffe 1977 Scope and Contents Legal documents and correspondence (touring in Britain) Box 7, Folder 19 Fanshen, David Hare 1977 Scope and Contents Correspondence and invoice (touring in Britain) Box 7, Folder 20 Fanshen, David Hare 1977 Scope and Contents Box office returns